1016

Centuries: 10th century - 11th century - 12th century

Decades: 960s 970s 980s 990s 1000s - 1010s - 1020s 1030s 1040s 1050s 1060s

Years: 1011 1012 1013 1014 1015 - 1016 - 1017 1018 1019 1020 1021

• Norman knights arrive in Sicily
• Canute of Denmark becomes king of England
• End of the reign of Emperor Sanjo of Japan
• George Tsul, ruler of Khazaria, is captured by a combined Byzantine-Rus' force, which effectively ends Khazaria's existence for the last time
• Emperor Go-Ichijo ascends the throne of Japan
• Battle of Neaje[?]

• Harold Harefoot

Deaths

• Edmund II - November 30
• Ethelred II the Unready, king of England